Trade Policy & Agreements

The Biden administration has threatened to end Addis Ababa’s eligibility under the African Growth and Opportunity Act. Doing so would hurt the poor the most.

The administration should stop agonizing over Beijing and focus on trade with everyone else instead.

Beijing filed its formal application to join the CPTPP.

Lacking a serious vision for the region, the administration is aiming low.

AfCFTA was supposed to usher in a new era of continental trade and economic growth—but Beijing’s not letting that happen.

From piracy to the Ever Given, colonialism left hard scars.

The old trade order has gone out the window at breathtaking speed. What comes next is very slippery.

Trump’s economic revolution is alive and well—and continuing in abler hands.

The pandemic killed hopes of a trade boom.

Here’s why and what their story means for other seafarers.

Beijing doesn’t understand local governments are independent of Washington.

Chile prepares to elect constitutional authors with 50 percent being women, a global milestone.

And the new agreement between the United Kingdom and the European Union does the opposite.

Sure, everybody’s a protectionist now. But there’s a way to both protect U.S. workers and support free trade.

Nearly a decade after signing a deal with the United States, the future in cities like Buenaventura looks worse and worse.

The United States’ industrialized food system moved millions of people out of poverty and is better for the environment, too.

A spat at Mercosur’s 30th birthday marked a low point for regional cooperation.